This patient needs to get his weight down before going in for a knee surgery.
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This patient needs to get his weight down before going in for a knee surgery.
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I imagine that it's because weight loss would improve diabetic symptoms, thus improving the chances of surgical recovery. I've known diabetics who have had wounds that took months to heal.
That's right.
But more importantly, loosing weight reduces the likelihood for complications down the line...
The knees are weight bearing joints. Being overweight means that the knees have mroore weight to carry making it difficult for the new knee to last long.